{"id":"dominic-romanowski","title":"Dominic Romanowski","content":"**Dominic Romanowski** is an Australian software engineer and blockchain developer best known as a co‑founder of [Derive Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/derive-protocol), a [decentralized finance (DeFi)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) project. His professional background spans [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) engineering and backend development, with roles at technology firms and crypto‑native organizations, alongside contributor responsibilities connected to Derive’s ecosystem. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-IUJYmCwI0H2WBpdY) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-R2xQMic3Rm22GCKG)​\n\n## Education\n\nRomanowski studied computer science at the University of Sydney from 2014 to 2018, earning a bachelor’s degree in the field. Prior to university, he attended St Patrick’s College, Strathfield, graduating in 2013. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-ygmKHR9s9zPPjvo3) \n\n## Career\n\nRomanowski began his career as a research assistant at the University of Sydney between 2016 and 2017, where he participated in a summer research program focused on Soufflé, a Datalog-to-C++ translation system.\n\nIn 2017, he worked as a blockchain engineer at Synthetix before joining BLOCK8, where he continued working on blockchain infrastructure and development until 2019. He later joined Canva as a backend engineer, working there from 2019 to 2021.\n\nIn 2021, Romanowski became a core contributor to the Lyra Foundation, which supported the development of the Lyra decentralized options trading protocol. The project later evolved into [Derive Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/derive-protocol), expanding its focus toward broader on-chain derivatives infrastructure.  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